Founder Trustee Dr. Brian H. Burne
Officers
President Paula McAlinden (Northern Ireland, elected 2015)
Vice President Dr. Sue Bloomfield (Scotland, elected 2015)
Treasurer
Secretary
Trustees
Ms. Solange Fernandes Fale (Portugal, elected 2019)
Mrs. Karen Gee (Australia, elected 2015)
Dr. Kavitha Gunasuntharam (England, elected 2020)
Dr. Elizabeth Green (England, elected 2019)
Dr. Patricia Jackson (Scotland, elected 2018)
Dr. Emi Okamoto (England, elected 2015)
Dr. Ruth Paradice (Wales, elected 2020)
Prof. Louise Stroud (South Africa, elected 2019)
The Board of Trustees of ARICD takes on the ultimate legal and financial governance of all the activities of ARICD. The Trustees maintain an overview of policy and strategic direction.
COMMITTEES
Governance:
Ms. Rosemary O’Connell
Mrs. Karen Gee
Mr. Michael Gee
The purpose of the Governance Committee is to
- Examine the implications of the ARICD Constitution, the Charity Commission UK documents and other relevant sources to:
- Ensure that a Strategic Plan is monitored, reviewed and actioned by the Board of Trustees and that it is updated as required so as to maintain a vision and mission that enable and foster an appropriate culture for the ARICD
- Help clarify and define ARICD structures and functioning within a compliance framework and advise the Board of Trustees on same
- Facilitate a process that guides Policy development
- Check, review and update organizational Policies, Terms of Reference and Role Descriptions.
Griffiths Scales Board:
Dr. Elizabeth Green (chair), Subscale leader
Dr. Paula McAlinden, President
Professor Louise Stroud, Lead Researcher & Subscale leader
Dr. Sue Bloomfield, Subscale leader
Ms. Hilary Lane, Subscale Leader
Dr. Ruth Paradice, Subscale Leader
Dr. Emi Okamoto, IT/Web & e-learning representative
Hogrefe UK
The purpose of the Griffiths Scales Board is to
- Provide regular collaboration with and communication between ARICD and Hogrefe UK, test publishers, concerning the Griffiths Scales.
- Work together with Hogrefe to promote the development of Griffiths Scales worldwide.
- Provide a forum to consider and agree applications and their methodology to translate and validate the Griffiths Scales.
- Work to produce Resources to support the use of Griffiths Scales
- Initiate the development of Griffiths IV at the appropriate time
Training, Equipment & Education:
Dr. Paula McAlinden (chair)
Dr. Emi Okamoto
Mrs. Karen Gee
Mr. Michael Gee
Dr. Patricia Jackson
Ms. Ines Carvalhao
Dr. Paula McAlinden
Dr. Sue Bloomfield
The purpose of the Training, Equipment and Education Committee is to
- Maintain an overview of training in the use of the Griffiths Scales
- Ensure that, globally, the equipment for the Griffiths Scales is to the highest standards
- Promote professional learning through the Conference Subcommittee by organising meetings for the dissemination of learning and research
Conference Sub-Committee:
Dr. Patricia Jackson (Chair)
Dr. Elizabeth Green
Dr. Kavitha Gunasundarum
Dr. Narad Mathura
Dr. Ngozi Oluonye
Professor Louise Stroud
Dr. Claire Wicks
The purpose of the sub- committee shall be to make arrangements for the annual international educational programme/symposium to help promote the use of Griffiths Mental Development Scales.
IT-Website & Communications:
Dr. Emi Okamoto (Chair)
Solange Fernandes
Dr. Elizabeth Green
Ms. Hilary Lane
The purpose of the IT-Website Committee is to
- Maintain and ensure that the website, e-learning and other online resources are of the highest global standards expected by ARICD.
- Explore and advise on issues related to IT at the request of the Board of Trustees.
- Monitor and develop the e-learning platform for courses
- Provide website statistics re: Registration, Membership, Courses etc.
- Promote communication with the ARICD community, including Membership Newsletter.
Research:
Dr. Elizabeth Green (Chair)
other members TBC
The purpose of the Research Committee is to
- Promote worldwide research on the use of the Griffiths Scales.
- Work to complete the post-publication studies linked to Griffiths III and GMS-C to support reliability and validity.
- Maintain an overview of the research functions of ARICD.
- Ensure ARICD research governance and compliance to UK standards.